VDB-336341 · CVE-2025-43527 · EUVD-2025-203140

Apple macOS up to 15.7.2 App permission

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 15.7.2. It has been classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component App. The manipulation leads to permission. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-43527. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple macOS up to 15.7.2. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component App. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-275. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A permissions issue was addressed with additional restrictions. This issue is fixed in macOS Tahoe 26.2, macOS Sequoia 15.7.3. An app may be able to gain root privileges.

The advisory is shared at support.apple.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-43527 since 04/16/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 12/19/2025). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1222 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 15.7.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at EUVD (EUVD-2025-203140) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2838). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Affected

Apple macOS

Productinfo

Type

Operating System

Vendor

Apple

Name

macOS

Version

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.apple.com/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.5

VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.5
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Permission
CWE: CWE-275 / CWE-266
CAPEC: 🔒
ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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EPSS Percentile: 🔒

Price Prediction: 🔍
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Upgrade: macOS 15.7.3

Timelineinfo

04/16/2025 CVE reserved
12/12/2025 +240 days Advisory disclosed
12/12/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
12/19/2025 +7 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: support.apple.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-43527 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-43527
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-336341
EUVD: 🔒
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2025-2838 - Apple macOS: Mehrere Schwachstellen

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20180712

Entryinfo

Created: 12/12/2025 22:39
Updated: 12/19/2025 15:15
Changes: 12/12/2025 22:39 (57), 12/14/2025 01:31 (1), 12/15/2025 19:21 (6), 12/19/2025 15:15 (1)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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